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The US Department of Justice convinced a federal court to dismiss a whistleblower’s claim that Summit Medical Group Inc. and Saint Elizabeth Medical Center Inc. improperly billed Medicare for Covid-19 cases in violation of the False Claims Act.
The DOJ properly intervened in whistleblower Valerie Rose’s suit before using its power under the FCA to request dismissals of whistleblower suits, Chief Judge David L. Bunning of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky said in a Monday order, dismissing the suit.
The FCA allows the government to seek dismissal of a whistleblower’s suit when it finds the ...
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